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Films
5 Films
Keywords
“Resistance”
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
2
Region
Central America
1
Middle and Near East
1
South America
2
South Asia
1
Country
Brazil
2
India
1
Israel
1
Mexico
1
Keywords
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
3
Land Rights
2
Political Activists
3
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Resistance
5
x
Social Conflict
2
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Directors
Beckham, Michael
2
Hill, Joanna
1
Longinotto, Kim
1
Navarro Smith, Alejandra
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
2
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
not set
1
Country of production
United Kingdom
5
x
Year of production
1987
1
1989
1
1997
1
2000
1
2010
1
Film list
The Kayapo
1987
52
‘
Directed by
Michael Beckham
.
This film focuses on the conflicts and determination of a group of people trying to survive and maintain their ethnic identity in the face of almost overpowering odds. The film contrasts the
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Political Activists
Resistance
Social Conflict
The Kayapo: Out of the Forest
1989
52
‘
Directed by
Michael Beckham
.
Early in 1989 the Kayapo rallied other Brazilian Indians to attend a reunification of the tribes at Altamira«the proposed site of a massive hydro-electric dam, that will flood large parts of the
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Resistance
Film / Photography / Mass media
Political Activists
Social Conflict
Pink Saris
2010
100
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
.
Pink saris are worn by the Gulabi Gang, a group of women vigilantes in Northern India. From the untouchable caste, they resist being condescended to as the lowest social class. They have a champion
South Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Resistance
Socioeconomic conditions
Scenes of Resistance
2000
30
‘
Directed by
Alejandra Navarro Smith
.
A series of portraits of life in a Zapatista indigenous community in Chiapas, Southern Mexico. This film invites us into the people’s everyday lives, and presents their own views of the fight against
Central America
Resistance
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Women of a Divided Land
1997
22
‘
Directed by
Joanna Hill
.
This film follows the activities of Israeli and Palestinian women peace activists in Jerusalem and the West Bank, portraying both the collective and individual experiences of resistance.
Middle and Near East
Resistance
Political Activists
Religion / Belief / Faith